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In Sharon’s lovely rose Immortal beauties shine Its sweet refreshing fragrance shows Its origin divine

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In Sharon’s lovely rose Immortal beauties shine Its sweet refreshing fragrance shows Its origin divine
Listed on Page Number
326
Sampler Worked By
Mary Harrison
Date of Sampler
1822
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
169
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Stanford, John. “The Rose of Sharon.” The Christian’s Pocket Library, ed. John Stanford, New York, 1796, Vol.1, p. 219.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-christians-pocket-l_stanford-john_1796_1 Rev. John Stanford wrote a hymnal in 1793 but this hymn does not appear in it. It first appears in 1793 in The Evangelical Magazine, (London: T. Chapman) vol.1, P. 43, which is only available partially online here.